Volume 120 Issue 1 January/February 2005

Cover Story

Intellectual Treason: Meera Nanda uncovers an extraordinary coalition that is undermining science

Heady Stuff: Simon Hoggart refines his palate
New year, same drama: Editorial
Take that for Jesus!: Newton Emerson on growing up atheist in Northern Ireland
Zero Tolerance: Floris van den Berg on how 'small humanism' is protecting fundamentalist Islam from criticism
Is God a hedgehog?: Martin Rowson has some terrible thoughts
When I'm gone: Laurie Taylor on loss and lament
Triumph of light: Distinguished musicologist and composer Wilfred Mellers, the man who first compared The Beatles to Schubert, celebrates the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Wilfrid Mellers died on 16 May 2008

US and Them: Frank Jordans asks American humanists for their reaction to Bush's re-election and their perspective on what the future holds
All a big mistake: Did the godfather of evolution finally renounce his theory? As Darwin Day approaches Padraig Reidy delves into the many shameful rumours of deathbed recantation
You shall go to the ball: Misogynist trap, soppy fantasy, or universal truth? Sally Feldman waves a magic wand over Cinderella
Crescent among the stars: Gilles Kepel asks how Turkey will change the face of Europe
Carbolic and Confession: Laurie Taylor interviews Helena Kennedy: Helena Kennedy tells Laurie Taylor about her Catholic childhood in Glasgow and the roots of her passion for justice
What's the point?: David Ramey sticks a pin in the argument for acupuncture

Mother of Pearl: An exclusive poem by Ruth Padel
All or nothing: John Maddox is fascinated by a never-ending story
Empire Apart: Hazhir Teimourian examines the insularity of the Ottoman Empire
Reason meets faith: Haydn Mason reads an account of a Baroque clash of hearts and minds
Visionary Grandeur: Michael Levey on Michelangelo, men and mankind
Very Boring Women: Sally Feldman is unsatisfied by Forster's cast of vague characters
Endless Riddles: Chris Paling suspends his disbelief for Haruki Murakami
Classic Intellectual: AC Grayling admires Umberto Eco's new opus
From Juke Joints to Jamie Callum: Caspar Melville goes in search of the spirit of jazz
Lone Star: Andy Tudor celebrates the radical work of John Sayles